Please help with my diet

New member here. Im confused over what a "clean" diet is. I know Im not doing something right cause my lean gains seem minimal, but Ive got a spare tire I cant get rid of. Im 37yo, 6ft 2in 230, high teens bf%. Ive been lifting for a year now. Im currently doing a 4x week upper/lower split focusing on compound lifts. I try to get 3500 cals a day.
Heres what I eat on a typical day:

New member here. Im confused over what a "clean" diet is. I know Im not doing something right cause my lean gains seem minimal, but Ive got a spare tire I cant get rid of. Im 37yo, 6ft 2in 230, high teens bf%. Ive been lifting for a year now. Im currently doing a 4x week upper/lower split focusing on compound lifts. I try to get 3500 cals a day.
Heres what I eat on a typical day:

Obviously I dont eat the exact same thing everyday, but this is typical. I have yogurt and milk everyday though.

What am I doing wrong?

First off a "clean diet" means you are eliminating all additives and condiments like your mayo and ketchup, you minimize and some completely eliminate dairy products like milk and cheese, and sparingly eat greek yogurt. You also want to substitute your white bread fir sprouted grains or ancient grains that are not overly processed. I would suggest you add more complex carbs to each of your meals, like oatmeal at breakfast with your eggs, and a sweet potato nit baked potato with butter and sour cream at dinner!

First off a "clean diet" means you are eliminating all additives and condiments like your mayo and ketchup, you minimize and some completely eliminate dairy products like milk and cheese, and sparingly eat greek yogurt. You also want to substitute your white bread fir sprouted grains or ancient grains that are not overly processed. I would suggest you add more complex carbs to each of your meals, like oatmeal at breakfast with your eggs, and a sweet potato nit baked potato with butter and sour cream at dinner!

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U are going to get several different responses...i agree somewhat with what musclegage said...yes adding oats, wholewheat bagle, homemade hashbrowns cooked on olive oil for breakfast...or even fruit...deff cut out the white bread..empty carbs just converted to sugar stored as fat...replace that with a sweet potatoe or if you r set on a lean burger try whole grain bread or buns..yea drop the mayo for light mayo, but unless you r a competative bodybuilder, imo there is no need to be peranoid abt condiments..just use the light option and not over due it...as for the potatoe at night just buy fat free sour cream, if ur set on butter get some omega butter..agian dont over due it...i can tell you are like me and want to enjoy your food, moderation Is key..who said greek yogurts bad? Thats a staple in my diet and many others diet on here...especially post workout...basically man just eat the complex carbs, lean meats, veggies, fruit, omegas, get creative, there are some great recepies on here...now on the milk of your trying to gain mass then ive read people drinking a gallon a day..but if you arent loosing fat then either lower the milk consumption to a couple glasses a day ( breakfast,after u workout) or buy the fat free crap ha, increase cardio

Along with what everyone else said you might want to try and lower your body fat considerably before lean bulking. I say this because without prohormones or steroids its almost impossible to burn fat and build muscle

First off a "clean diet" means you are eliminating all additives and condiments like your mayo and ketchup, you minimize and some completely eliminate dairy products like milk and cheese, and sparingly eat greek yogurt. You also want to substitute your white bread fir sprouted grains or ancient grains that are not overly processed. I would suggest you add more complex carbs to each of your meals, like oatmeal at breakfast with your eggs, and a sweet potato nit baked potato with butter and sour cream at dinner!

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I stick to minimal condiments.
I have picked back up on the cheese and Greek yogurt though...

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